Friday, December 4, 2009

As a thank you to my faithful followers, I wanted to offer a prize pack with some hot upcoming YA titles. Here's what you could win:

THE LINE by Teri Hall (March 2010)

An invisible, uncrossable physical barrier encloses the Unified States. The Line is the part of the border that lopped off part of the country, dooming the inhabitants to an unknown fate when the enemy used a banned weapon. It’s said that bizarre creatures and superhumans live on the other side, in Away. Nobody except tough old Ms. Moore would ever live next to the Line.

Nobody but Rachel and her mother, who went to live there after Rachel’s dad died in the last war. It’s a safe, quiet life. Until Rachel finds a mysterious recorded message that can only have come from Away. The voice is asking for help.

Who sent the message? Why is her mother so protective? And to what lengths is Rachel willing to go in order to do what she thinks is right?

WILL GRAYSON, WILL GRAYSON by John Green and David Levithan (April 2010)

One cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, two teens—both named Will Grayson—are about to cross paths. As their worlds collide and intertwine, the Will Graysons find their lives going in new and unexpected directions, building toward romantic turns-of-heart and the epic production of history’s most fabulous high school musical.

Hilarious, poignant, and deeply insightful, John Green and David Levithan’s collaborative novel is brimming with a double helping of the heart and humor that have won both them legions of faithful fans.

As if being a purrfect cheerleader isn’t enough responsibility! Tessa Crimson’s the sweet and spunky leader of the SOS (Society of Smitten Kittens), a cheer squad–turned–spy society dedicated to bringing dastardly boyfriends to justice, one cheater at a time. Boyfriend-busting wouldn’t be so bad . . . except that so far, every suspect on the Naughty List has been proven 100% guilty!

When Tessa’s own boyfriend shows up on the List, she turns her sleuthing skills on him. Is Aiden just as naughty as all the rest, or will Tessa’s sneaky ways end in catastrophe?

Cassandra Renfield has always seen the mark—a glow around certain people reminiscent of candlelight. But the one time she mentioned it, it was dismissed as a trick of the light. Until the day she watches a man awash in the mark die. After searching her memories, Cassie realizes she can see a person’s imminent death. Not how or where, only when: today.

How does the mark work? Why is she the only one who sees it? And finally, the most important of all: If you know today is someone’s last, should you tell them?

I am willing to send these books internationally, so that means anyone can enter!

But now I am going to sweeten the pot:

There will be a second winner of an amazon giftcard and the amount of the giftcard will be determined by how many followers I have at the end of the contest period. If I have 700-710 followers, the winner will get a $10 gift card. For every additional follower over 710, the gift card amount goes up $1. I am going to cap this at $50. The first place winner can then pick the gift card or the books.

For your first entry, tell me what book you'd buy your best friend for Christmas and why.

Additional entries as follows (must each be in a separate comment to count):

+1 for followers (new followers welcome - obviously!)

+1 for tweeting (include @lenoreva in your tweet)

+1 for posting a link to the contest on your blog (sidebar is fine) or social media site (if you don't have a blog)

I would buy my best friend an iPhone if I could. Since I got mine, I have been able to listen to audio books so easily since I always have my phone with me there is never a time I don't have a book with me. My friend is such a reader and this would just be convenient for her.

I would buy my best friend a really fancy copy of Emma by Jane Austen because that is her favorite book. She already has a copy, but I would get her a nice one to display so that she can read the old one as many times as she likes without having to worry about messing it up.

I'm buying my sister (one of my best friends) The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks and Pride and Prejudice (can you believe she never read it?) because that's what she asked for. Some of my other friends are getting A Working Writer's Daily Planner (which is a sort of book) because they are writers and because it is awesome.

For Christmas, I'd buy (and have already bought) my best friend Willow by Julia Hoban. She went through almost the same thing that the main character went through, and I know the story would really touch her.

I would buy my best friend(s!)for christmas City Of Bones by Cassandra Clare, as it is my favourite book of all time and I want them to stop looking at me like I'm crazy (which I possibly am) when I say that Jace beats Edward (which he does) as best fictional character.

I'm back because I forgot to say what book I'd buy my best friend and why. This is hard because my BFF isn't a reader! So.. I'll have to use another friend for this (like you needed to know all that, sheesh..) Ok, I'd give my OTHER bff Catching Fire, because she borrowed The Hunger Games from me and loved it, so she's ready for book 2.

I'm going to imagine that I have a best friend who is a big book lover. Because I have one best friend who likes book, but she's not hugely into it, and I wouldn't know what to get her book-wise. So for my imaginary best friend, I would buy him/her Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick because it is absolutely AMAZING! As far as I'm concerned, it's one of the best books of 2009 (so far)! Even my Dad wants to read it now, since I've been going on about how great it is!

I already purchased my friend a copy of Cleopatra's Daughter. The author, Michelle Moran, was kind enough to send me a personalized bookplate for it! A little planning is making it very special.JHolden955(at)gmail(dot)com

Well my best friend is my big sis. I would buy her Forgive My Fins even though it would have to be a preorder. She has had a serious mermaid addiction since we were kids. I can't wait for it to be released just so I can buy it for her. I think it has the potential to be her best book ever!

Wow! As I was reading this post, I kept on hoping and hoping a little more that I win, the books you are giving away are AMAZING and whoever wins this contest will be so lucky!!:) I just recently read The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness and it was amazing and it would definitely be one of the books I will be giving my friends this Christmas, along with Hunger Games of course (the two are a perfect match!)Thanks for this contest!!:)

I'd buy my friend the lovely bones by alice sebold because she really wants to see the movie but enjoys reading the books first! Thanks for entering me into this giveaway and congrats on all your followers :)

For Christmas, I'd give my best friend a copy of either "The Blind Assassin" or "The Handmaid's Tale," both by Margaret Atwood. They're lyrical, literary, have interesting story-telling styles, and do a better job at portraying the female psyche than practically anything else I've read.

Well, since I've bought a book for my best friend....I bought The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs for my husband. It's a historical fiction in a fictitious country kind of book, but it's aMAZing. Absolutely an A. The second I bought is for my mom (yes, my other best friend is my mom)and I got her A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelley.rae_sunshine4(at)yahoo.com

I'd get my three best friends the following:1. Breathers: A Zombie's Lament because it's more about the relationships than the brains (although there's still quite a lot about brains).2. The Forest of Hands and Teeth because she's always looking for something that will scare her and I think this has the right type of fear to do the trick.3. Zombie Queen of Newbury High because she'd get a kick out of the zombies trying to fatten up the prom queen for a feast.

Okay, so I already answered this, but it's fun! Plus a lot of people were saying "my friend's not really a reader..." and I have one of those, too. I'd get my non-reader friend Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief because it's super fun, super fast, and I only read it this year, but it was so good I'm already nastalgic about it. I think he'd really like it because he could relate to Percy.

I would buy my best friend book #4 of the Yotsuba graphic novel series because she adores those books. She's more into the whole graphic novel thing and most day she has her nose buried in Yotsuba or Fruits Basket.

I would buy Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick for my best friend because to put it simply - the book is HOT. The story is brilliant, it has sexy fallen angels, a gorgeous cover and a guaranteed swoon-inducing gift :D

I would love an amazon giftcard :D I would buy Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher for my best friend because she only liks funny books and this book is hysterical but still utterly sweet and deep.+1 follower+1 sidebar http://blackteensread2.blogspot.com/

This Christmas, I'm actually buying my best friend "Confessions of a Serial Kisser." I read a review of it somewhere (I unfortunately can't remember where), and it sounds like it is totally about her. My best friend is ABSOLUTELY a serial kisser!